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by Mountain_Skies 1529 days ago
The railroad lobbyists aren't who Congress would be afraid of if they passed such a law, it's the industries that make use of the freight rail system that would have Congress running for the hills. The US has an extraordinarily robust and high-capacity freight rail system. Anything that interferes is going to get extreme blowback from those who depend on it. Amtrak's very existence could be in danger if they started causing freight users logistics problems.